A Columbia man was sentenced last week to 4 to 14 years in prison for assaulting a paramedic and EMT and disarming a Lancaster City Bureau of Police Officer in 2022.

Jeremic Medina-Dorta, 29 of the 300 block of Mill Street, pleaded guilty on two dockets regarding the incident on Feb. 12, 2022, in the 200 block of N. Arch Street.

Medina-Dorta pleaded guilty in October to four counts of aggravated assault, six counts of recklessly endangering another person, two counts of criminal mischief, and disarming a law enforcement officer and was sentenced by Lancaster County Judge Merrill Spahn last Thursday.

On Feb. 12, 2022, around 6:11 p.m., a Lancaster EMS medic crew staffed by a paramedic and EMT and a Lancaster City Bureau of Police Officer responded to the 200 block of N. Arch Street for the report of an overdose.

The EMS crew located the patient, identified as Medina-Dorta, and escorted him to the rear of the ambulance.

As the medics attempted to give Medina-Dorta treatment, he became agitated and kicked and flailed. The EMS crew discovered Medina-Dorta had a knife during attempts to restrain him.

One member of the crew suffered a laceration to their abdomen and another had bruising from being kicked and punched.

The police officer eventually removed the knife from Medina-Dorta’s possession and secured him with handcuffs to be transported to Lancaster General Hospital for evaluation.

The EMS crew all reported hearing a pop consistent with a gunshot during the struggle. The investigation revealed Medina-Dorta had grabbed the officer’s firearm while it was holstered during the struggle and pulled the trigger, causing it to fire.

Neither the EMS team nor Medina-Dorta were struck with a bullet.

First Deputy District Attorney Cody Wade prosecuted the case.

Lancaster City Bureau of Police Detective Steve Owens filed charges.

MEDIA CONTACT: Sean McBryan, semcbryan@co.lancaster.pa.us; Twitter: @SeanMcBryanLanc.